Enabling global multimedia distributed services based on hierarchical DHT overlay networks

Providing innovating multimedia services is a high priority for service providers. Due to the high traffic volume created by multimedia content, the use of decentralised services can lead to better solutions. Starting from the ongoing work of P2PSIP, we define a simple way to interconnect different domains using peer-to-peer networks. We define the needed signalling to provide connectivity between different domains based on P2PSIP. This fact allows an easier deployment of global decentralised multimedia services. We validate the proposed solution through an analytical and experimental study of the routing performance and routing state for two possible scenarios

Improving Topological Routing in N2R Networks

Abstract. Topological routing is basically table free, and allows for very fast restoration and thus a high level of reliability in communication. It has already been satisfactorily proposed for some regular structures such as Grid or Honeycomb. An initial proposal has also been developed for the N2R structures. This paper proposes a modification of this previous algorithm, and in addition two other alternatives. The three options are systematically analyzed in terms of executing time and path distances, showing that trade-offs are needed in order to determine which algorithm is best for a given case. Also, the possible practical applications the methods could have, are discussed for different traffic scenarios. Keywords: Topological routing, N2R, QoS.